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Historical Event on 10/27/1947
Indian Governments accepts King of Jammu and Kashmir Maharaja Harisingh's accession merging Jammu and Kashmir in India and sends its troops. Accession of Jammu and Kashmir was then officially announced. No. 12 Sqn was to initiate the remarkable feat of air-lifting the first Sikhs from Palam onto the rough and dusty Srinagar airstrip without planning or reconnaissance as the initial Indian response to the sizeable insurgent forces that were pouring across the border into Jammu and Kashmir.
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| 1/1/1973 | Indian General Insurance Corporation nationalised. |
| 11/13/1991 | Supreme Court orders establishment of an all-India judicial service. |
| 7/15/1788 | Ghulam Kadir, the infamous son of Jabita Khan, conquered Delhi. |
| 2/1/1797 | Lord Cornwallis was sworn in as Governor General of India for a second time in England. However, he did not proceed to India till 1805. |
| 12/22/1975 | Vasant Krishna Desai, famous music director, died. |
| 2/9/1985 | Editor of 'Sakal', a Marathi daily newspaper, passed away. |
| 10/24/1954 | Rafi Ahmad Kidwai, Congress leader, died. |
| 10/28/1977 | Shantiprasad Jain, industrialist, died. |
| 4/2/1926 | The worst Hindu-Muslim riots break out in Calcutta. |
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